Section 13202.6 Of Article 2. Suspension Or Revocation By Court From California Vehicle Code >> Division 6. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 2.
13202.6
. (a) (1) For every conviction of a person for a violation
of Section 594, 594.3, or 594.4 of the Penal Code, committed while
the person was 13 years of age or older, the court shall suspend the
person's driving privilege for not more than two years, except when
the court finds that a personal or family hardship exists that
requires the person to have a driver's license for his or her own, or
a member of his or her family's, employment, school, or medically
related purposes. If the person convicted does not yet have the
privilege to drive, the court shall order the department to delay
issuing the privilege to drive for not less than one year nor more
than three years subsequent to the time the person becomes legally
eligible to drive. However, if there is no further conviction for
violating Section 594, 594.3, or 594.4 of the Penal Code in a
12-month period after the conviction, the court, upon petition of the
person affected, may modify the order imposing the delay of the
privilege. For each successive offense, the court shall suspend the
person's driving privilege for those possessing a license or delay
the eligibility for those not in possession of a license at the time
of their conviction for one additional year.
(2) A person whose driving privilege is suspended or delayed for
an act involving vandalism in violation of Section 594, 594.3, or
594.4 of the Penal Code, may elect to reduce the period of suspension
or delay imposed by the court by performing community service under
the supervision of the probation department. The period of suspension
or delay ordered under paragraph (1) shall be reduced at the rate of
one day for each hour of community service performed. If the
jurisdiction has adopted a graffiti abatement program as defined in
subdivision (f) of Section 594 of the Penal Code, the period of
suspension or delay ordered under paragraph (1) shall be reduced at
the rate of one day for each day of community service performed in
the graffiti abatement program when the defendant and his or her
parents or legal guardians are responsible for keeping a specified
property in the community free of graffiti for a specified period of
time. The suspension shall be reduced only when the specified period
of participation has been completed. Participation of a parent or
legal guardian is not required under this paragraph if the court
deems this participation to be detrimental to the defendant, or if
the parent or legal guardian is a single parent who must care for
young children. For purposes of this paragraph, "community service"
means cleaning up graffiti from any public property, including public
transit vehicles.
(3) As used in this section, the term "conviction" includes the
findings in juvenile proceedings specified in Section 13105.
(b) (1) Whenever the court suspends driving privileges pursuant to
subdivision (a), the court in which the conviction is had shall
require all drivers' licenses held by the person to be surrendered to
the court. The court shall, within 10 days following the conviction,
transmit a certified abstract of the conviction, together with any
drivers' licenses surrendered, to the department.
(2) Violations of restrictions imposed pursuant to this section
are subject to Section 14603.
(c) The suspension, restriction, or delay of driving privileges
pursuant to this section shall be in addition to any penalty imposed
upon conviction of a violation of Section 594, 594.3, or 594.4 of the
Penal Code.